Patent application title: ELECTRONIC BRACELET

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Abstract:

An electronic bracelet has a bracelet body with an inner opening for a
part of a user's body and a bracelet part provided with an electronic
device and connectable with the bracelet body to form the whole bracelet
so that the user can see and operate the electronic device on his body
part.

Claims:

1. An electronic bracelet, comprising a curved bracelet body having an
opening for a part of a user's body, and a bracelet part provided with an
electronic device and connectable with said bracelet body so that when
said bracelet part with the electronic device is connected with said
bracelet body, the bracelet is assembled and can be worn by a user and
said electronic device can be seen and operated by the user.

2. An electronic bracelet as defined in claim 1, wherein said bracelet
body has an interruption and a rigidity such that it is expansible to
increase said interruption and to introduce a part of the user's body
through it into said opening and then said bracelet body is contractible
to reduce said interruption, and said bracelet part with said electronic
device has a rigidity which is greater than the rigidity of said bracelet
body such that when said bracelet body is arranged on the user's body
part and said bracelet part with said electronic device is attached to
said bracelet body, said bracelet body can not expand any longer and said
interruption of said bracelet body can not increase so that said bracelet
can not be removed from the user's body part.

3. An electronic bracelet as defined in claim 1, wherein said bracelet
part with said electronic device is expansible to be placed over said
bracelet body and then contractible to be snapped onto said bracelet body
to be held on the latter.

4. An electronic bracelet as defined in claim 3, wherein said bracelet
body has at least one depression on its outer periphery, while said
bracelet part with said electronic attachment has at least one projection
which is snapped into said depression when said bracelet part with said
electronic device is placed onto said bracelet body and contracts.

[0002] The above mentioned patent application Ser. No. 12/655,418 make
therefore a basis for claim to priority of the current patent application
under 35 USC 119 (a)-(d).

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0003] The present invention generally relates to bracelets which can be
worn on parts of a user's body.

[0004] More particularly, it relates to electronic bracelets, in which an
electronic device is provided on the bracelet and can include a display
for displaying video images and an audio unit for producing audio
messages. It is believed that the existing bracelets can be further
improved.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0005] Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an
electronic bracelet, which is a further improvement of the existing
bracelets.

[0006] In keeping with these objects and with others which will become
apparent hereinafter, one feature of the present invention resides,
briefly stated, in an electronic bracelet which has a bracelet body
having an opening shaped to surround a body part, and a bracelet part
with an electronic attachment which is connectable with the bracelet body
so that when the bracelet part with the electronic device is attached to
the bracelet body, the full bracelet is formed and can be worn by a user
and the electronic device can be seen and operated by a user.

[0007] In accordance with a further feature of the present invention, the
bracelet body has a local interruption and is expansible to increase the
interruption and to allow passage of the body part through it and
thereafter contractible to reduce the interruption, and the bracelet part
with the electronic device has such a rigidity which is greater than the
rigidity of the bracelet body, so that when the electronic attachment is
attached to the bracelet body the latter can not expand, the interruption
can not increase, and the bracelet can not be lost.

[0008] When the electronic bracelet is designed in accordance with the
present invention, it eliminates the disadvantages of the previously
known bracelets.

[0009] In accordance with a further feature of the present invention, the
bracelet part with the electronic attachment while being more rigid than
the bracelet body, is expansible and contractible so as to snap onto the
bracelet body and to be thereby firmly retained on the bracelet body.

[0010] In accordance with a further feature of the present invention, the
bracelet body has at least one depression, while the bracelet part with
the electronic attachment has at least one projection which is snappable
into the depression of the bracelet body when the bracelet part with the
electronic attachment is pressed onto the bracelet body.

[0011] The novel features of the present invention are set forth in
particular in the appended claims. The invention itself however both as
to its construction and its manner of operation, will be best understood
from the following description of the preferred embodiments, which is
accompanied by the following drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012] FIG. 1 of the drawings is a plan view of a bracelet body of an
electronic bracelet of the invention;

[0013] FIG. 2 of the drawings is a plan view of an electronic attachment
of the inventive electronic bracelet;

[0014] FIG. 3 is a view showing an electronic display of the electronic
attachment of the inventive electronic bracelet;

[0015] FIGS. 4 and 5 are views showing two cross sections of the bracelet
body taken along the lines 4-4 and 5-5 in FIG. 1;

[0016] FIG. 6 is a view showing the electronic bracelet in accordance with
the present invention, on a wrist of a user.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0017] An electronic bracelet in accordance with the present invention has
a bracelet body which is identified as a whole with reference numeral 1.
The bracelet body has an inner opening 2 for a part of a user's body, on
which the bracelet can be worn, for example a wrist of an arm, an ankle
of a leg, a neck etc.

[0018] The bracelet body 1 is substantially curved, and is provided, in
the shown herein example, with a groove 3 extending over at least a part
of its circumference. At its one end, preferable at both ends, the groove
3 ends in a deeper depression 4. Finally, the bracelet body has an
interruption 5 for passing a part of a user's body.

[0019] The electronic bracelet in accordance with the present invention
further has a bracelet part which is identified as a whole with reference
numeral 6. The bracelet part 6 has its own body 7 with an electronic
device including an electronic display 8 mounted in its, control buttons
9, and an audio components 10.

[0020] The electronic display 8 of the electronic attachment 6 can display
video images and the audio component 10 can produce audio messages. The
electronic device can also have other components, which are disclosed for
example in our patent application Ser. No. 12/655,418, as well as other
components. The bracelet part 6 is curved and is provided at least on one
end, preferably at both ends, with a projection 11, which for example can
accommodate a battery.

[0021] In the inventive electronic bracelet the bracelet body 1 can be
expansible and contractible. When a user expands the bracelet body 1, the
interruption 5 increases and a corresponding part of a user's body, for
example a wrist, can pass through it. Then the user releases the bracelet
body 1 and it contracts so that the interruption 5 reduces. Since the
rigidity of the bracelet body is relatively low, it can expand during use
and the bracelet can slip from the user's body part which can
unintentionally slightly expand thus increasing the interruption.

[0022] In accordance with the present invention the bracelet part 6 with
the electronic device has a rigidity which is greater than the rigidity
of the bracelet body 1.

[0023] When the bracelet body 1 of the electronic bracelet in accordance
with the invention is placed of a user's body part and the bracelet part
6 i with the electronic device is attached to the bracelet body 1 by
snapping (pressing) the body of the bracelet part 6 into the groove 3 and
snapping (pressing) the projections 11 into the depressions 4 of the
bracelet body 1, then due to the higher rigidity of the bracelet part 6
with the electronic device, the bracelet body 1 can not expand any longer
and the interruption of the bracelet body 1 can not increase. The
electronic bracelet can not be lost from a user's body part.

[0024] While the invention is described hereinabove, it is not limited to
the details shown, since various modification and structural changes are
possible without departing from the spirit of the present invention.